Complete Definition of "cahoots"

English

Pronunciation
AHD|k�-ho�otsʹ, IPA|/k��hu�ts/, SAMPA|/k@"hu:ts/

Noun
cahoots plural Category:English pluralia tantum

#collusion or collaboration to nefarious ends.
#:Being frustrated or up in cahoots.
#:They probably give it back to him; they're all in cahoots. — Rabbit at Rest, John Updike

Usage notes
Cahoots is only ever used in the phrases in cahoots (for collusion within a group), in cahoots with (for collusion between two or more parties) and, more rarely, go cahoots (share equally in an expense or become partners - in the partnership sense also go in cahoots).

Derived terms
in cahoots
go cahoots

Translations
Dutch: bondgenootschap
French: ligue f
German: bündnis
Italian: combutta f

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